England
Events

The English city of Birmingham has today (Monday) detailed its vision for a low cost and low risk staging of the 2022 Commonwealth Games as it submitted its preliminary questionnaire response for bidding to the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Events

The English city of Liverpool has today (Friday) unveiled a “transformational” plan for the 2022 Commonwealth Games that includes an innovative aquatics facility, usage of Premier League football club Everton’s proposed new stadium and cricket and cycling to be staged in the nearby city of Manchester.
Football
Business

Football’s English Premier League is believed to have opened talks with clubs over the possibility of introducing regular Saturday evening matches from the 2019-2020 season.
Badminton
Business

Badminton England has appointed sports rights and marketing agency Sport Collective to support the development of a new commercial strategy.
Cricket
Business

English County Championship cricket club Surrey is set to invest £50m (€56.9m/$63.6m) in the redevelopment of the Oval as part of plans to make the stadium the largest cricket ground in the country.
Football
Business

All 20 English Premier League football club chairmen have voted to approve changes to ownership rules that will aim to make it more difficult for unscrupulous individuals to acquire clubs, according to UK broadcaster Sky News.
Netball
Business

England Netball has appointed the Sport Collective agency to aid its strategic business plan and commercial operations as it seeks to capitalise on the continued expansion of the domestic Superleague and Liverpool’s staging of the 2019 World Cup national team tournament.
Tennis
Events

The ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament on the top men’s professional tennis tour, will remain in London until at least 2020 under a new two-year contract extension, with Japanese materials manufacturer Nitto replacing financial services group Barclays as the event’s title sponsor.
Business

The future of Formula One’s British Grand Prix has again been placed in doubt after a senior Silverstone official admitted the circuit’s current contract with the motor-racing series is not financially sustainable.
Football
Business

Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has this (Monday) morning insisted that his stake in the English Premier League football club is not for sale after fellow shareholder Ulisher Usmanov proposed a buy-out.
Football
Fan Engagement

Fan engagement consultant Mark Bradley visits the SSE Women’s FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London.

Rugby Union
Business

Premiership Rugby has agreed a new four-year deal with sports and live entertainment company AEG and US broadcast rights-holder NBC Sports which will commence with Newcastle Falcons and Saracens playing a regular season game in Philadelphia on September 16.
Events

Birmingham and Liverpool will face off for the right to become the UK’s candidate to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after it was confirmed that fellow English cities London and Manchester will not make bids for the multi-sport showpiece.
Rugby Union
Business

Ian Ritchie has informed the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) board of directors that he will retire from his position as chief executive of England’s governing body for rugby union at the end of the summer.
Golf
Business

The US PGA Tour has fired the latest shot in its ongoing battle in the golf market with the European Tour by opening a new office in London, England, according to The Guardian.
Cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a $500,000 (€458,000) increase in prize money for the 2017 Champions Trophy one-day international tournament, which is set to be hosted in England and Wales next month.
Events

The English city of Birmingham has had its bid to host the 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Games multi-sport event formally endorsed by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), a move that has seen it formally express its interest to the UK government.
Cycling
Events

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has revealed the schedule for this year’s rounds for the 2017-18 Track Cycling World Cup series, with Poland, Canada and Chile announced as new host countries.